any negative effects of Red sea bream iridovirus disease (RSIVD) in human health
Moshiur Rahman
Not known so far. Since most of the iridoviral diseases that emerge in freshwater or marine fisheries are vectored by insects and the disease itself has a horizontal transmission from fish to fish via the water column, I would be hard pressed to think RSIVD infected fish consumption could prove to be a risk. Also there are certain amphibian iridoviral diseases which are found to be spread through human contacts which make one wonder whether they are capable of infecting humans in their present genetic set up. That being said, there is always a chance of a human infection from any virus, and why should the RSIVD causal agent or Megalocytivirus be any different?
Dr. Abhishek Mukherjee
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